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November 2011

1. Introduction to the Manual

1.1	Quick Guide
1.2	Policy, Values and Principles, including Principles of Recording, Equality, Confidentiality and Consultation
1.3	Agreed Standards of Practice Letter from Julie Jenkins	New
1.4	Family and Friends Care Policy	New

2. Service Access

2.1	Service Access
2.1.1	Quick Comprehensive Guide to the Common Assessment Framework
2.1.2	Common Assessment Framework - Integrated Working Guidance
2.1.3	Initial Contacts and Referrals	Updated
2.1.4	Initial Assessments	Updated
2.1.5	Core Assessments	Updated
2.1.6	Decision to Look After, Care and Permanence Planning
2.1.7	Multi Agency Placement Team (MAPT)
2.1.8	Children Missing from Home
2.1.9	Pre-Birth Assessments
2.2	Legal Chapters	New
2.2.1	Court Proceedings
2.2.2	Public Law Outline
2.2.3	Legal Agendas, Flowcharts and Solicitor's List	New
2.3	Case Transfer and ICS Protocols
2.3.1	Protocol for Transfer of Work
2.3.2	Transfer Protocol for Looked After Children
2.3.3	Integrated Children's System
2.3.4	ICS Audit Tool Guidance
2.3.5	Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme for Children and Young People	New

3. Service Provision and Reviews - Children in Need (who are not looked after)

3.1	Plans and Reviews
3.1.1	Child in Need Plan and Reviews
3.2	Services for Children in Need
3.2.1	Services to Children and Families who are not UK Citizens
3.2.2	Supporting Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
3.2.3	Financial Assistance to Children in Need
3.2.4	Private Fostering
3.2.5	Family Support Panel
3.2.6	Children in Need - Relative and Carers Allowances (Updated)
3.2.7	Family Support Team
3.2.8	ACRES
3.2.9	Supporting Children who are not living with their Parents
3.2.10	Edge of Care/Prevention and Family Support Services
3.2.11	Reviewing Children Who Receive Short Term Breaks	New
3.3	Disabled Children and Children with Complex Health Needs
3.3.1	Disabled Children	Updated
3.3.2	Assessments for Carers
3.3.3	Shared Care
3.3.4	Direct Payments
3.3.5	Care Management for Children in Receipt of Day Care and Home Based Resources
3.3.6	Services for Children who have Learning Disabilities - Short Breaks; Behavioural Services	Updated
3.3.7	Protocol between Occupational Therapy Department and Children's Social Care Services	Updated
3.3.8	Transition Planning for Disabled Children	Updated
3.3.9	Transition Arrangements between the Department of Services to Children and Young People and the Physical Disabilities Team	Updated
3.3.10	Transition Arrangements between the Department of Services to Children and Young People and the Sensory Needs Service	Updated
3.3.11	Transition Arrangements for Young People with a Learning Disability	Updated
3.3.12	Reviewing Arrangements for Children who are Respite Looked After
3.3.13	Care Management for Children who are Respite Looked After

4. Services to Looked After Children

4.1	Route Map for Looked After Children
4.1.1	Route Map for Looked After Children	Updated
4.2	Placements
4.2.1	Emergency Placements
4.2.2	Placements in Foster Care
4.2.3	Placements in Residential Care
4.2.4	Placements in Secure Accommodation
4.2.5	Placement with Parents
4.2.6	Connected Persons (Formerly Regulation 38 Placements with Family and Friends)
4.2.7	Placements Outside England and Wales
4.2.8	Placement in Supported Housing/Lodgings
4.2.9	Support Care
4.2.10	Crisis Care
4.2.11	Looked After Children and Young People in Contact with Youth Justice Services	New
4.3	Reviews
4.3.1	Emergency Reviews
4.3.2	Looked After Reviews	Updated
4.3.3	Secure Accommodation (Criteria) Reviews
4.3.4	Resolving Disputes from LAC Reviews
4.4	Behaviour Management
4.4.1	Absent Children
4.4.2	Behaviour Management Plans
4.4.3	Physical Intervention
4.4.4	Sanctions
4.5	Education of Looked After Children
4.5.1	Education of Looked After Children
4.6	Recreation and Activities
4.6.1	Holiday and School/ Organisational Trips Outside the UK
4.6.2	Holidays and School Trips Inside the UK
4.6.3	Leisure and Recreation
4.7	Health and Wellbeing
4.7.1	Death of or Serious Injury to a Looked After Child
4.7.2	Drugs and Substance Misuse
4.7.3	First Aid, Home Remedies and Prescribed Medicines
4.7.4	General Practitioners, Dentists and Opticians
4.7.5	Health Care Assessments	Updated
4.7.6	Infestations
4.7.7	Self Harming
4.7.8	HIV/Aids
4.7.9	Nutrition and Diet
4.7.10	Pregnant Looked After Young People
4.8	Family Contacts, Visitors and Friends
4.8.1	Contact with Parents and Siblings
4.8.2	Contact with Relatives and Friends
4.9	Foster Carers
4.9.1	Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers
4.9.2	Fostering Panel
4.9.3	Limit on the Number of Children in Foster Homes
4.9.4	Persons Disqualified from Fostering
4.9.5	Review Foster Carers
4.9.6	Supervision of Foster Carers
4.9.7	Training of Foster Carers
4.9.8	Allegations against Foster Carers
4.9.9	BAAF Guidance on Smoking in Family Placements
4.10	Adoption
4.10.1	Assessment and Approval of Prospective Adopters
4.10.2	Adoption Panel
4.10.3	Placement for Adoption
4.10.4	Monitoring and Supervision of Adoptive Placements
4.10.5	Adoption Reviews
4.10.6	Assessment and Approval of Inter-Country Adoptive Parents
4.10.7	Non-Agency Adoptions
4.10.8	Disruption of Adoptive Placements
4.10.9	Adoption Case Records
4.10.10	Access to Birth Records and Adoption Case Records and Intermediary Services
4.10.11	Allegations Against Prospective Adopters
4.10.12	Planning for Adoptive Placement
4.10.13	Assessment of Foster Carers or others who wish to Acquire Parental Responsibility
4.10.14	Contact in Adoption
4.11	Supporting Permanent Placements
4.11.1	Adoption Support Services
4.11.2	Residence Order Allowances
4.11.3	Special Guardianship Order Policy
4.11.4	Special Guardianship Order Support
4.11.5	Special Guardianship Order Court Report
4.11.6	Ongoing Payments in Respect of Adoption Support, Special Guardianship Support and Residence Order Allowance Guidance
4.12	Leaving Care
4.12.1	Leaving Care
4.12.2	Homeless 16 and 17 Year Olds
4.13	Incidents
4.13.1	Barricading
4.13.2	Managing Offending Behaviour of Looked After Children
4.13.3	Countering of Bullying
4.13.4	Searching Children and their belongings
4.13.5	Protocol between Bradford Police, Youth Offending team and Children's Social Care Regarding Incidents in Residential Homes for Looked After Children which may Result in Police Intervention and Action
4.14	Monitoring Quality
4.14.1	Social Worker Visits
4.14.2	Regulation 33 Visits
4.15	Privacy and Personal Care
4.15.1	Children's Bedrooms
4.15.2	Hair and Skin Care
4.15.3	Physical Contact and Intimate Care
4.15.4	Pocket Money and Allowances
4.15.5	Spiritual Development
4.15.6	Telephones, Mobile Phones and Letters
4.16	Miscellaneous (Looked After Children)
4.16.1	Change of Name
4.16.2	Marriage
4.16.3	Registration for National Insurance

5. Generic

5.1	Complaints and Representations
5.1.1	Comments, Complaints and Compliments	Updated
5.1.2	Whistleblowing
5.1.3	Representation, Advocacy and Children's Rights
5.2	Miscellaneous
5.2.1	Access to Case Records
5.2.2	Retention of Documentation and Destruction of Files
5.2.3	Child Trust Fund

6. Guidance and Protocols

6.1	Behaviour Management - Use of Restrictive Physical Intervention
6.2	Care Plans
6.3	Children's Review
6.4	Consents
6.5	Countering Bullying
6.6	Education of Looked After Children
6.7	First Aid, Home Remedies and Prescribed Medicines
6.8	HIV/Aids
6.9	Incidents
6.10	Initial and Core Assessments
6.11	Looked After Children Sufficiency	New
6.12	Leaving Care
6.13	Nutrition, Diet and Mealtimes
6.14	Placement Plans
6.15	Private Foster Carers
6.16	Protocol Regarding Health Assessments - Who Does What	New
6.17	Multi Agency Protocol in Relation to Health and Looked After Children
6.18	Sexual Health and Relationships for Looked After Children
6.19	Policy and Guidelines Sexuality and Relationships for Looked After Young People
6.20	Touch Guidance (Carers)
6.21	Court Reports
6.22	Life Story Books
6.23	Permanence Planning
6.24	Children and Young People Placed with Parents
6.25	Guidance on Social Worker Visits to Looked After Children
6.26	Information Sharing Protocol
6.27	Alcohol and Drugs Interventions for Young People Supervised by the Youth Offending Team Protocol
6.28	Young Peoples Alcohol and Drug Service Protocol
6.29	Section 7 and 37 Reports

7. Appendices

7.1	Local Contacts
7.2	Designated Managers
7.3	Local Keywords
7.4	Working Together 2010
7.5	Steps for ICS
7.6	Quick Reference Guide

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